The lupine fuss all started when fans came up with the cockamamie idea that Anakin Skywalker’s former padawan Ahsoka had somehow transcended her form and become the giant white wolf who pops up in the trailer for the final season of Rebels. SlashFilm has a pretty good rundown of what made this theory even remotely plausible, but it mostly boils down to Filoni liking wolves, some concept art with a wolf motif, and the vagueness of Sith magic.

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In a tweet on Wednesday (which also happened to be Filoni’s 42nd birthday), the showrunner shared some new art that explicitly states that Ahsoka is “not the wolf.”

It might be my Birthday, but here is a gift, and perhaps a clarification, for you. May the Force be with you!- Dave pic.twitter.com/a8Nfh3XjaM